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Mike Tyson on being Bullied and Abused

Mike Tyson is mostly known as the ear-chomping, face-tattooed caricature of a former heavyweight bor. But no one becomes an ear-biter in a vacuum. The Starz! documentary Champs explores his story, as well as those of Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins, and the tough backgrounds that made them into the tough men they became. As Hopkins put it, "My goal wasn’t to be the President of the United States. My goal was to be the baddest guy that I can be."

In the documentary, available on iTunes now and DVD May 12, Tyson shows a more sensitive, introspective side, one that can be seen in the clips below. He explains that before he was Iron Mike, he was frightened and abused. What pushed him to become undisputed champion of the world was the same thing that helped him get rid of the bullies: he stopped being scared. And if that didn’t work, he dropped a television on their heads.